Today we were yet again doing Midgard, but this time at Tony's suggestion, we did the Hundred Years War (1346) using the 'Lord Raglan' lists on the Midgard Facebook page.
We randomised who would play which army, and I got Tony commanding the English, while Rhod and Lawrence took the Scots and French.
I held the English left with Hotspur in command.
Tony held our right with an extended line of Men-at Arms and Welsh...
...as well as his Longbowmen. Both wings had a skirmisher unit of Crossbowmen.
The English Army.
The Franco-Scottish army.
Facing me was Rhod, with the majority of the Scots, together with some dismounted Men-at -Arms and Scottish archers.
Lawrence, facing Tony, had Men-at-Arms...
...both mounted and on foot, and 2 units of formed Crossbowmen.
Lawrence advanced his Crossbowmen, but they fell back from Tony's Longbowmen, disturbing both themselves and the mounted Knights behind!
Tony's Longbowmen were doing well.
On my wing (The English left) my Longbowmen stayed back, awaiting the Scottish Spearmen, I sent my light Crossbowmen through the wood.
They began peppering the Scots.
Lawrence had advanced his Crossbowmen - but they came to grief...
...but their fire caused one of Tony's Bow units to recoil.
On my wing, the Scots turned towards the wood...
...leaving their Archers and Skirmishers dueling with my Longbowmen...neither side causing much damage.
Tony charged his Men-at Arms against the French.
One of Tony's Men-at Arms unit was driven off by the French, causing damage to the supporting Welsh too as they fell back.
His other unit pushed the second French Men-at Arms unit back, while the supporting Longbowmen routed the French Crossbowmen!
With their route cleared, a unit of French Knights charged one of Tony's Longbow units!
My Crossbowmen were pinning the Scots, and their supporting Men-at-Arms back!
To our surprise, the weakened English Men-at-Arms unit pushed the victorious French back again!
Those French Knights nearly destroyed the Longbowmen, but they just held.
The second Longbow unit charged in support and routed the French knights, but the first Longbow unit had had enough and fled too!
Back in the centre, Tony's Men-at-Arms beat their French enemy.
On my wing, although I had driven off the French skirmishers, the following Archers were fighting hard, until an arrow slew their commander!
At the end of this turn, Tony's wing was battered, but victorious!
We totaled up the Reputation and we had 10, the poor French -1!
The centre was stable, even the battered English Men-at-Arms unit had survived!
On my wing, despite my fears, the Scots had never got close!
So, a great English victory! - I felt sorry for the poor French, their dice really were poor today, so our averagey dice were sufficient!!!
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